Non-refillable bottle.



W. F. MGKAY.

NON-RBFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.25,1912.

1,084,704. Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1 91d.

Application filed March 25, 1912. Serial No. 685,992.

T 0 all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. MCKAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of

which the following is a specification.

he objects of this invention are to provide a bottle from which the liquid contents can be readily poured and which will prevent the entry of liquid into the bottle by the same course; to secure a construction m which the parts adapted to come in contact with the liquid can be made of porcelain or the like; to secure a construction which will effectually stop the entry of liquid into the bottle, and which cannot be tampered with by means of wires or the like; to provide a construction which can be applied to various kinds of bottles and employed with various kinds of corks or Stoppers; to secure a valve means which shall close promptly, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several fig ures, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the top of a bottle in upright position, to which my invention has been applied; Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the position of parts when the bottle is inverted or partly inverted for pouring out of the same; Fig. 3 is a side view of a certain valve chamber detached, and Fig. l is a plan view of a eertain disk at the top of said valve chamber.

ln said drawings, 1 indicates the neck of the bottle or similar article to which the device is applied. A casing 2 seats upon suitable washers at the mouth of the bottle and incloses the various other parts of the device, comprising in general a valve chamber 3 which retains within itself an actuator 4t here shown as a ball and adapted to normally rest upon a valve 5 which in turn rests upon a seat 6 when the device is in upright. position. The seat member 7 in which the seat G is shaped preferably tapers interiorly inward and upward, as at 8, and then vertically upward, as at 9, providing a space shaped in the frustum of a cone and surmounted by a cylindrical space. The circular edge of the tubular seat member in its upper plane 9 at the intersection of said cylindrical opening is chamfered to form the seat (3 mentioned. The tubular member 7 flares outward at its top to form the flange 10 which extends pcripherally to the easing 2. Seated upon said flange 10 and axially coincident with the neck of the bottle and the tubular member 7, is the valve chamber 3 shown in elevation in Fig. 3, comprising an annular flange 11 about its bottom, and shaped externally into a frustrated cone with integrally supported disks or flanges 12 and 13 horizontally mounted thereabove in slightly spaced relation. The. upper flange 13 is preferably scalloped as best shown in the plan view of Fig. 4l, and the second or under lflange 12 is perforated at such intervals that the perforations 14; fall below solid portions of the flange 13, whereby difliculty will be experienced in introducing a wire or similar implement calculated to interfere with the proper working of the device. To further frustrate any attempts of this nature to tamper with the device, a recess 15 may be introduced below flange 12 in the body portion of said chamber 3. The presence of said recess 15 provides an annular upward directed flange 1G, and above said flange 1G is another annular recess 17 in the casing 2 introduced thereto to catch the end of any wire which might be introduced and upwardly directed by contact in the recess 15 of the valve chamber. An exit from the bottle is therefore provided which will not admit of tampering with the contained mechanisms from outside.

The external dimensions of the valve chamber 3 are proportioned to the outer casing 2 so that a passage 18 is provided therebetween. Said passage gains entrance to the interior of said valve chamber by vertically disposed slits 19 in said chamber near its bottom and spaced circumferentially thereabout. At the upper ends of said slits 19, the valve chamber is internally narrowed producing a shoulder 20 adapted to prevent the farther passage of the valve 5 away from its seat. The chamber is tapered upward from said shoulder' 20 to a closed end, providing thereby a runway or pocket 21 for the ball 4 when required, into which the valve is unable to enter.

The valve 5 is preferably cylindrical in shape with the lower circular edge thereof chamfered, as at lll, to engage the chamfered seat 6. From its lower side, the valve is centrally recessed, as at 22, to render said valve as light as possible, and a central depression 23 in the top of said valve provides a seat for the ball.

In order to center the device upon the bottle, I employ an interior collar 24 adapted to enter the mo-uth ot the bottle and also into the valve seat member 7, thus overlapping both said tubular member 7 and the neck of the bottle. Said collar has an outwardly directed iiange 25 upon which is placed a washer 26. Under said iiange is a second washer 27 from which depends a collar 28 adapted to provide impervious contact between the bottle and the collar 24. However, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to this specific construction of collar and washers, in that the device may be centered upon the bottle in numerous other Ways which would vary according to the specific means of holding the device upon the bottle. The means here shown for so holding the device in place is the metallic tape 29, engaging an appropriate circumferential bead 30 on the casing and drawn or crimped under the enlargement 31 at the top of the neck 1 oit the bottle.

In use, the bottle is first filled, after which the collar 24 with its flange 25 and washers 26, 27 is inserted Within the mouth and the valve seating member 7 placed thereupon to` gether with the valve 5 and ball 4. The valve containing chamber 3 is stood in position upon the seat member 7, and the outer casing 2 introduced about the same and brought to bear at its lower edge upon the Washer 26, so that when clamped down thereupon by the metallic tape it provides an impervious contact. An interior shoulder 32 of the casing simultaneously engages the annular ange 11 of the valve'chamber and clamps the same against the flange 10 of the seat member which is thereby held in place and forced against washer 26 at its lower end to provide impervious contact. Any suitable cap or stopper 33 may be applied to the mouth of the casing 2 When shipping' the bottle, or at such other times as desired.

To empty the contents of the bottle the same is tipped as is usual, at which time the ball 4 will roll into the tapered pocket 21 and the valve will slide outwardly and lodge against the shoulder 20. The contents will therefore be permitted to flow from the bottle through the seat member 7 into the valve chamber 3, from thence through the slits 19 into the passage 18, through the perforations 1li around the scallops of the iange 13 and thence out of the mouth. In an attempt to rell the bottle it must necessarily be brought to a horizontal, but before reach` ing such a position, the-ball rolls down the incline ot its runway 21, strikes the valve and forces the same upon its seat which prevents the entrance of the liquid.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is` 1. The combination with a bottle, of a tubular member seated uponvthe top of said s bottle, an interior collar overlapping upon both said tubular member and the neck of the bottle, a valve chamber mounted upon said tubular member, a valve in said valve chamber, a casing inclosing said parts, and means connecting said casing to the bottle.

2. The combination with a bottle, of a tubular member seated upon the top of a bottle, and providing an upwardly facing valve seat, an interior collar overlapping both said tubular member and the neck of the bottle and having a flange projecting radially between said parts, a valve chamber mounted upon said seat member, a valve in said valve chamber, a casing inclosing said parts, and means connecting said casing to the bott-le. v

WILLIAM F. McKAY. Witnesses FRANCES E. BLoDGn'r'r, I-IowARD P. Kino.

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